fertilizer

Last year I painted our mixing tank with two coats of red oxide followed by a top coat of bitumen paint. 12 months later and quite a lot of the bitumen paint has flaked off and in several places so has some of the red oxide so it’s back to bare metal. Is there anything I can use that will last...

ByCaroline Stocks European Commission seeks to relax GM crop rules The European Commission has proposed changing its rules on genetically modified organisms (GMOs), potentially paving the way for farmers across Europe to grow crops resulting from newer gene-editing technology. The Commission...

Food production is facing a multitude of global challenges that demand immediate attention and innovative solutions. As the world’s population continues to grow, resources become increasingly scarce, and environmental concerns intensify, the need for sustainable and resilient food production...

The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) will contribute 15 million euros to the CropXR research programme into 'smart breeding' of more resilient crops. NWO’s grant marks the start of the new Dutch institute, which will integrate plant biology, computational modelling, and...

Hi folks, we have a sixteen acre croft in the Inner Hebrides of generally good permanent pasture where we keep four acres to make haylage, the remaining twelve is for thirteen mule ewes and one tup along with three beef cows and annually born calves. The three cows leave the croft to be bulled...

FAO Director-General QU Dongyu, claps after watching a presentation on a screen during the FAO’s event “Financing for Sustainable and Inclusive Agrifood systems and Food Crises Prevention and Mitigation” on the sidelines of The High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF)...

Nobody understands the importance of sustainability like family farmers—and if we’re allowed to make basic, strategic farming decisions without interference, we can guarantee that agriculture will remain sustainable into the far future. That’s what family farming here in western Canada has...

India’s diverse physical features and climatic conditions have resulted in a variety of ecosystems such as forests, wetlands, grasslands, deserts, coastal and marine ecosystems. These ecosystems harbor and sustain high biodiversity and contribute to human wellbeing. At the moment, the Indian...

Who can I employ to give me a detailed report on what grasses, legumes, flowers that grow in my grassland in anticipation of making a SFI herbal leys application?

I received this email from David Eudall from AHDB this morning. Thought you would all appreciated an update: "The discussion over moving to a Digital Grain Passport system has been ongoing for a number of years and is being proposed to bring several benefits to the industry, such as real-time...

The Broadbalk Winter Wheat experiment was established in 1843 to better understand the impact of adding varying amounts of manure or man-made fertiliser on both wheat yields and the soil it was grown from. Still running today, the experiment has seen various additions and modifications to help...

Hi We made some lovely June hay like everyone else I presume but left half our crop to bulk up as it’s old tired grass!! Who else has hay still to cut with the weather forecast for the next 2 weeks ?

BPS nearly gone, SFI announced today not worth the aggravation on an all grass farm. what’s the plan going forward for those of us producing food from cattle and sheep? Mine is to reduce spending to an absolute minimum which won’t do the local economy particularly support industries already in...

Afternoon all, Today we've published a handbook containing all the detailed information about the sustainable farming incentive offer for this year. The handbook is here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/sfi-handbook-for-the-sfi-2023-offer An overview blogpost is here...

Let’s start a harvest 23 thread! So how far do we all think we are from starting? Winter barley rapidly ripening here early start is on the cards. First week of july maybe, rape just starting to lose its greenness also!

3million litres is some leak!! https://www.itv.com/news/calendar/2023-06-14/firm-fined-12million-after-devastating-leak-killed-135000-fish C B

This isn't a reaction to the recent downturn in prices, but it seems that every paper, news article, discussion from government etc seems to paint dairying in a very negative light. There's always something regarding carbon, nitrates, ammonia water pollution, welfare standards, removal of subs...

Good day all, I am a new member here. I have lots of dry manure laying around, I would like to find out if there is something I can do with it, I don't know if it can still be used as fertilizer because 80% of it is already dry. Thank you all.

I'm looking at including GS2 on my mid-tier application but am not sure if I can apply fertilizer after 15th March. The guidance states no mechanical operations after this date so would that inclue spreading fertilizer? I'd be looking at putting on a light dose of 20:10:10 around mid to late...

This is aimed at all working in the industry really, owners, tenants and staff. What motivates you to keep going when morale is low? I find myself on a cycle of very high moods to very low moods. Sometimes that can vary within the day or it can be weeks of high then weeks of low. As...